Shloka 127

उपासीनस्य तस्याथ कृष्णकेशं सकुण्डलम्‌ | सिन्धुराजस्य मूर्धानमुत्सड़े समपातयत्‌,संध्योपासनामें बैठे हुए वृद्धक्षत्रके अंकमें उस बाणने सिंधुराज जयद्रथका वह काले केशोंवाला कुण्डलमण्डित मस्तक डाल दिया

upāsīnasya tasyātha kṛṣṇakeśaṃ sakuṇḍalam | sindhurājasya mūrdhānam utsaṅge samapātayat ||

ਸੰਜਯ ਬੋਲਿਆ—ਸੰਧਿਆ-ਉਪਾਸਨਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਸਨ ਲਗਾ ਕੇ ਬੈਠੇ ਵ੍ਰਿੱਧਕਸ਼ਤ੍ਰ ਦੀ ਗੋਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਸ ਬਾਣ ਨੇ ਸਿੰਧੁਰਾਜ ਜਯਦ੍ਰਥ ਦਾ ਕਾਲੇ ਕੇਸਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਅਤੇ ਕੁੰਡਲਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਜਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਸਿਰ ਲਿਆ ਕੇ ਡਾਲ ਦਿੱਤਾ।

उपासीनस्यof (him) who was seated
उपासीनस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootउपासीन (उप-आस् धातोः क्तिन्/क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, 'उपासीन' = seated)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अथthen
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
कृष्णकेशम्black-haired (head)
कृष्णकेशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्णकेश
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सकुण्डलम्with earrings
सकुण्डलम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसकुण्डल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सिन्धुराजस्यof the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha)
सिन्धुराजस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धुराज
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मूर्धानम्head
मूर्धानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उत्सड़ेon the lap/seat (raised place)
उत्सड़े:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootउत्सद
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
समपातयत्caused to fall / felled / dropped
समपातयत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पत् (causative: पातयति)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
J
Jayadratha (Sindhurāja, king of Sindhu)
K
Kṣatravṛddha (the elder, in worship)
A
arrow
E
earrings (kuṇḍala)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how the outcomes of adharma-driven conflict spill beyond the battlefield, disturbing even spaces of worship and the lives of the uninvolved; it invites reflection on responsibility and the far-reaching moral cost of violence.

Sañjaya narrates that Jayadratha’s severed head—described as black-haired and earring-adorned—falls into the lap of an elderly man (Kṣatravṛddha) who is seated in evening worship, indicating the dramatic fulfillment of the episode surrounding Jayadratha’s death.